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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. - Proverbs 1:7 We are often times fascinated with the abilities and talents of athletes. With the CrossFit Games fast approaching I am always amazed at … [Read more...]
Regionals Wrap Up: Regionals have come and gone, and being in the first week to go, it felt like the blink of an eye. This year was one of the more challenging years I have gone through. Coming off a dream season last year, making the 2014 … [Read more...]
Regionals 2015 2015 was my first year with Power and Grace and it also was a dominant factor contributing to my highest Open finish (18th) allowing me to qualify for the South Super Regional. Looking back at the 2015 Open workouts I am surprised … [Read more...]
I know many of you are wondering why we are still posting our athletes thoughts from Regionals some 4 weeks after Regionals. Well honestly it's because I asked them to write them and I didn't want to waste their effort. Also, I want each of … [Read more...]
Across the world there are very few communities that are truly founded on acceptance and love. In many CrossFit gyms across the world you can find this exact environment. Crossfit's mantra is being able to scale the workouts for all people at all … [Read more...]
Continuing the trend here's Richard Andrews from South Central: I have been doing CrossFit since 2010 and this is the first year I qualified for regionals. My ultimate goal, as always, was to qualify for regionals, but realistically I hoped … [Read more...]
Continuing from Duke Burk's Regional Review last week, here are a couple thoughts from a fellow new Power and Grace athlete, Zak Carchedi: This years regionals was bitter sweet for myself. I saw the potential I had this year but I made a few … [Read more...]
The word "weakness" is a buzzword in both the Christian community and the CrossFit community. In the CrossFit community the obvious goal is always to make our weaknesses stronger and keep our strengths strong. In the same way that we are … [Read more...]
With all the Regionals complete, I've asked our athletes to write a "year in review" post-Regionals. I asked them to be transparent and honest about how they felt the season and Regionals went and what their expectations are in the … [Read more...]
With the 2015 Regional season complete, we wanted to make a couple of specific changes heading into the off-season. Those of you who are faithfully following the blog know that our website can be hard to manage at times. We also know that it is slow … [Read more...]
When I first became a Christian, April of my freshman year of college, I found myself constantly at battle with the desires and habits I had once sought fulfillment in. The sin that had consumed my life with ease I now was trying with all my might to … [Read more...]
I was flattered by Travis Mash and his co-host Chuck Hendo to be asked to be on their podcast, The Barbell Life. Travis and I share a lot of the same ideas, perspectives, and goals for our faith, coaching, and lifting. (We also disagree here and … [Read more...]
Last week I noted the simple necessity for peace and stillness in our lives with regularity. This is especially true when chaos swarms around us and busyness takes our focus off the Lord. This is easily seen in John 21 when the disciples, after … [Read more...]
I wanted to wait until all of the team accepted their invites so sorry this is a bit late. Power and Grace is sending 12 competitors to the new super Regionals around the country. For many of them it was a fight this year more than years past and we … [Read more...]
CrossFit is a young sport. While the elements of our sport are long established, the combinations and steps of preparation are quickly evolving and maturing. The 2014 Regional’s workouts and the 2015 Open workouts are perfect examples of this. … [Read more...]